Restate
What's your favorite pizza topping?
My favorite pizza topping is...
Uses 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison.
Example:
You're as sweet as pie.
Simile
(1) Last spring I visited a canyon in West Texas with Mom and Dad. (2) The palo duro Canyon is large, so we explored it by horse.
What change should be made in sentence 2?
A) Change palo duro to Palo Duro
B) Change large to larger
C) Delete the word so
D) Change by to from
A) Change palo duro to Palo Duro
A person, place, or thing.
A noun.
What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
What's the central idea of the story?
The central idea of the story is...
Makes a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.
Example: You're a star!
Metaphor
(1) Last spring I visited a canyon in West Texas with Mom and Dad. (2) The palo duro Canyon is large, so we explored it by horse. (3) At first I was nervous about riding a horse, but luckily Pepper seemed very gentle. (4) I soon relaxed and enjoyed her surroundings.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?
A) Change relaxed to relaxing
B) Change her to my
C) Change surroundings to suroundings
D) No change is needed.
B) Change her to my
Bite, hit, run, jump, draw, write, eat, drink, sing, drive
Verb
Who tells the story in 1st person point of view?
A character in the story.
How are the two texts similar? Use text evidence to support your answer.
The two texts are similar by/because...
MJ: What's 2 x 2?
Rob: 4!
MJ: You hit the nail on the head!
What does the phrase "you hit the nail on the head" mean?
To do or say something right.
(6) At last Pepper's clopping feet came to a stop. (7) We had reached the canyons top after the long ride! (8) Pepper stood still as I admired the view of the red canyon against the blue sky.
What change should be made in sentence 7?
A) Change had reached to are reaching
B) Change canyons to canyon's
C) Insert a comma after top
D) Change after to by
B) Change canyons to canyon's
As Marco eagerly reached for a large, flat present, his shoulders suddenly slumped.
Large and flat are examples of what part of speech?
Adjectives
Frank was so excited to go to California. He couldn't sleep the night before.
Which choice below best combines the sentences.
A) Frank was so excited to go to California, but he couldn't sleep the night before.
B) Frank was so excited to go to California, so he couldn't sleep the night before.
C) Frank was so excited to go to California, or he couldn't sleep the night before.
D) Frank was so excited to go to California that he couldn't sleep the night before.
D) Frank was so excited to go to California that he couldn't sleep the night before.
Write an essay and explain how the author's use of figurative language contributes to the author's voice.
The author's use of figurative language contributes to the author's voice by...
Person 1: We're having a surprise party for Mary on Sunday.
Person 2: I can't wait. Don't tell Paul, though, he will spill the beans.
What does the phrase spill the beans mean?
Giveaway or tell a secret
(2) Children talk excitedly about topics like slime, magic tricks, and pet daycare inside the tents.
What is the MOST effective way to revise sentence 2?
A) Excitedly, children talk inside the tents about topics like slime, magic tricks, and pet daycare.
B) Children talk excitedly about topics inside the tents like slime, magic tricks, and pet daycare.
C) Inside the tents the children talk excitedly about topics like slime, magic tricks, and pet daycare.
D) Children talk inside the tents about topics like slime, magic tricks, and pet daycare excitedly.
C) Inside the tents the children talk excitedly about topics like slime, magic tricks, and pet daycare.
Marco swiftly pulled open the door and immediately jumped back.
Swiftly and immediately are examples of what part of speech?
Adverbs
Combine the following two sentences into one sentence.
Frank was looking forward to playing at the beach. He was most excited about visiting Disneyland.
Frank was looking forward to playing at the beach, but he was more excited about visiting Disneyland.
Write an essay about which poem, "Lessons" or "Family Strings," better uses figurative language to describe a musical instrument. Provide evidence from each selection to support your answer.
The poem "Lessons" / "Family Strings" better uses figurative language to describe a musical instrument because...
What does the phrase you can't have your cake and eat it too mean?
You can't have everything.
(6) Jeff and Laura Sandefer worked with the Acton Academy to help have the first fair.
Julie wants to use a more descriptive word than have in sentence 6. Which word should replace have in this sentence?
A) start
B) make
C) invent
D) produce
A) start
Give 5 examples of a proper noun.
Answers will vary.
Who tells the story in 3rd person point of view?
The narrator who is not a part of the story.